wiredinUSA February 2013

The Atlantic Wind Connection has selected Bechtel to be the EPC

contractor for the New Jersey Energy Link, the first offshore electricity

transmission system to be built in the United States. Alstom will be

the key equipment supplier for the landmark project, which will link

energy resources and users in northern, central, and southern New

Jersey.

Bechtel will engineer and install onshore transmission lines and

substations, two onshore converter stations, and two offshore

converter stations. The company will also oversee the offshore

installation of the high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter

technology and HVDC cables that will span the length of New

Jersey and carry 3,000MW of electricity. The project will improve

the reliability of New Jersey’s existing power grid and lays the

infrastructure for offshore wind to be delivered onshore.

Construction will begin in 2016 with service scheduled to begin

in 2019. Led by transmission developer Trans-Elect with equity

support from Bregal Energy, Google, Marubeni, and Elia, the New

Jersey Energy Link is the first phase of the multi-year Atlantic Wind

Connection offshore wind transmission project. This high-voltage,

DC subsea backbone transmission system will ultimately span the

mid-Atlantic coast.

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Jersey Link

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